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Featured on the February 10th, 2017 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to build a wall along the 2-thousand-mile-long U.S. - Mexico border. Tohono O’odham tribal leaders say a wall would desecrate land they believe to be sacred. Fronteras reporter Laurel Morales tours the site of the proposed wall to find out what is at stake as part of her series "Earth + Bone"...
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The Mayan civilization of Central America flourished until the 9th century before it mysteriously collapsed. A University of Arizona archaeologist suggests that the Maya may have had another civilization that met the same fate, only 700 years earlier than was previously thought. Tony Perkins talks with Professor Takeshi Inomata's about his research...
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Baring Witness: 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly About Love, Sex and Marriage is a new collection of essays edited by Tucson author Holly Welker. Bryn Bailer interviews Welker about about how marrying into the church at a young age can have a profound influence on a woman's life, and how the church is responding to the needs of its contemporary members. Welker will appear at a reading and book signing at 7 PM on Friday, February 17th at Antigone Books on 4th Avenue in Tucson...
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And, Tony Paniagua explores why the Tucson Audubon Society is celebrating "The Year of the Hummingbird" with a series of events, and a program that is aimed at getting the public involved in furthering avian research...
ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm and every Saturday at 5:00 pm on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.
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